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Teachers' Day Conference 2019-10-02 Who is it for? Description Carol Read - How to survive and thrive as a language teacher of children Teaching children can be stressful and exhausting and it’s not always easy to keep focussed on why we love our jobs so much! In this webinar, we’ll explore the role of teacher and children’s wellbeing in creating a positive and effective climate for learning. We’ll also look at a range of practical ideas and strategies to keep motivation high and allow teaching and learning to flourish. Emma Reynolds - Mind full or Mindful? An introduction to Mindfulness for teachers Let’s face it, being a teacher can at times be very stressful. Your mind can feel full to bursting with endless to-do lists and planning, with nights spent worrying about projects, meetings and students’ grades. Left unchecked, this feeling of overwhelm can lead to a variety of unwanted outcomes including illness and burn out. For teachers living in a fast-paced world wit...

ICT tools and English Language Teaching Advantages of working with ICT tools According to Pete Sharma and Barney Barret (2007), there are several reasons for using technology in language teaching. In addition to the fact that technology can be motivating, it offers the possibility to work autonomously or interact and collaborate with others. Technology also provides instant feedback on language performance in various tasks and exercises. Technology can also be an extension of the classroom and can be time saving. Finally, technology can promote language learning with fresh authentic and motivating materials directly usable from the Internet. Using blended learning, which they define as “a language course that combines a face-to-face classroom component with an appropriate use of technology”, Pete Sharma and Barney Barret (2007: 7) suggest that “positive learning outcomes are most apparent when clear roles are assigned to the teacher and to the technology.” In the following...

ICT, vocabulary and motivation These days, using information and computer technology (ICT) really motivates students. This article looks at practical examples that encourage students to develop independent learning strategies, principally in the study of vocabulary, but also for presentations and report writing.  These real examples demonstrate the quality of work that can be achieved through the use of the internet and other technology in the language classroom. The memory problem Preparation for ICT vocabulary work Autonomous ICT vocabulary work - the great motivator Uses of ICT in language teaching Conclusion The memory problem As any teacher knows, any new topic starts with a large or small number of new words, which students are supposed to learn, to be able to understand the theme and to talk or/and write about it themselves. Any teacher also knows that it is next to impossible to make students learn all the necessary wor...

ICT In the Classroom They say that history often works in circles. ICT IN THE CLASSROOM. Nina MK, Ph.D. They say that history often works in circles. Some twenty years ago, there were huge discussions about the need to introduce computers and the Internet into schools. When the school I worked at received its own Internet-class, with fourteen computer terminals and its own server, it was such a unique experience that teachers and administrators from other educational institutions flocked to the school just to see the room! Few families had computers at home; students would spend all the intermissions waiting for their chance to click, and would beg teachers to allow them to use the ICT-room after hours. Lots of adults argued that ICT was not needed at a lesson. “Can you find a text in your Internet?” my colleague had asked me. I inquired cautiously, “What kind of text?” And she replied, “An interesting one!” Yes, I could. For today/s children, Internet i...

Travelling. Make sentences using must or mustn't. Listening . Speaking. Discussion in pairs.

Discuss after-school activities, use the present simple or simple future tense, focus on action words or phrases . Matching and reading exercises on school actions vocabulary. Match the school activities to the pictures.